Re: [tdf-discuss] New "LibreOffice Reader" Eliminates Need for "PDF Reader"

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Simon Phipps <simon@webmink.com> wrote:

> On 25 Jun 2011, at 08:33, Ian Lynch wrote:
>
> > Manfred wrote:
> >
> > "I still believe that PDF is the best solution to distribute final
> versions
> > of text (and maybe other office) documents."
> >
> > I'd say yes if they are likely to be printed on paper, no if it is only
> > likely to be read from a screen.
>
> I disagree. Once a document no longer needs editing (and this is a frequent
> need in daily life - think purchase receipt, invoice, insurance schedule and
> so on) it needs to be provided in an electronic format that cannot be easily
> altered. PDF plays this role, ODF doesn't.

No, but HTML does. More to the point, chm files also are build for
read-only. Surely they are more microsoft based, but even Read (activity
from the OLPC/Sugar), had to add a webkit renderer for another popular
format -- epub. Which of course is done for read-only porpouses.

So a bigger discussion than demanding PDF reader, might be to upgrade the
very old HTML renderer in LibreOffice to something like webkit.



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